CHIEF ILLINIWEK RETIRES
Chief Illiniwek, the mascot for the University of Illinois for the past 81 years, performs his last dance at halftime during the Michigan-Illinois basketball game at Assembly Hall in Champaign, Illinois on February 21, 2007. The University of Illinois mascot Chief Illiniwek was retired by the University after the NCAA imposed sanctions for having a mascot portraying offensive use of American Indian imagery. (UPI Photo/Mark Jones)
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